Restaurants News – Page 59
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NewsWagamama to return to deliveries
Wagamama is set to commence offering deliveries from four dark kitchens. The chain says it has devised a schedule that will allow staff to “slowly return to delivery-only work at their own discretion” as part of a “test and learn approach” for the business.
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NewsMcDonald’s begins tests for reopening
McDonald’s is carrying out tests this week in preparation for reopening a number of sites, UK CEO Paul Pomroy has said.
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NewsNando’s to trial public delivery
Nando’s has announced it will offer delivery from its seven open stores on a trial basis, with the possibility of opening more sites when it is safe to do so.
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NewsShake Shack to reopen two restaurants
Shake Shack will re-open its Tottenham Court Road and Canary Wharf locations for takeaway and delivery this week.
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NewsPrezzo offers staff ‘income streaming’
Prezzo has teamed up with Wagestream so its 3,000 employees can access their furlough pay early. Wagestream offers workers early access to their accrued pay when they need it, allowing them to withdraw a percentage of their earned wages for a flat £1.75 fee. Prezzo said offering staff the income streaming service would help them cope with additional pressures bought on by the coronavirus.
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NewsWhat does the future look like?
Once the lockdown is lifted, and consumers re-emerge to eat and drink, they will find a different environment to the one they left behind. No-one knows when that will be, the government is understandably non-committal, but it’s likely to be many months not weeks, and it may not be until there is a vaccine available that all restrictions vanish.
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NewsPret seeking €100m loan for post-coronavirus period
The Financial Times has reported that Pret A Manger is seeking a “€100m urgent loan from global banks” to navigate it through the coronavirus crisis. Pret CEO Pano Christou told the FT that Pret had enough cash to make it through the current lockdown but it needed funds for a “test and learn stage” to develop the operation once lockdown restrictions have been lifted.
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NewsHonest reveals reopening plans
Honest Burgers is planning to re-open some of its sites for delivery-only as early next month, Big Hospitality reports.
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NewsGBK and Azzurri reportedly appoint advisors
Gourmet Burger Kitchen and Azzurri Group have reportedly appointed advisors to assess their options going forward through the coronavirus crisis.
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NewsNando’s reopens seven sites for NHS initiative
Nando’s has reopened seven restaurants to provide meals to NHS key workers and charities in major cities.
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NewsGaucho & M Restaurants re-launch delivery
Gaucho and M Restaurants will be re-launching delivery operations next week for consumers in central London.
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NewsBurger King CEO calls for compromise over rents
Burger King UK CEO Alasdair Murdoch has called on landlords to work together with F&B tenants to find a solution the impasse over rents. In an open letter, Murdoch said the situation was no one’s fault, but that the leases signed pre-covid-19 did not consider the current reality facing occupiers ...
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NewsDowney: Prepare for long period of closure
The idea that operators will be able to reopen their businesses in the near future has been dismissed as a “confusion of optimism”, MCA’s The Conversation has heard.
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NewsDowney’s nine-month rent free proposal backed by industry leaders
Jonathan Downey’s nine-month rent time out proposal will be put to Government this week, backed by a number of industry leaders.
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NewsFive Guys reopens six sites
Five Guys has reopened a number of UK sites for delivery and click and collect.
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NewsEditor’s Opinion: Hang tight and plan your return
The coronavirus continues to wreak havoc. It’s claimed hundreds of thousands of lives around the world and numbers continue to rise. As dreadful as that is, the long term socio-economic impact is more disturbing. The virus has created a level of disruption to health, society, and the economy that’s never happened before, outside of wartime. And while there is plenty of speculation on how life in general may get back to normal post-lockdown, with vaguely optimistic or pessimistic dates floating around, there is no clarity on how or when this might end.
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NewsTimeline: How the coronavirus crisis unfolded
Here are just some of the twists and turns over the last few weeks. If you want to read all the MCA coverage of the coronavirus crisis click here.
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NewsFeedNHS goes nationwide
FeedNHS, the not-for-profit campaign launched by Leon founder John Vincent, has announced that it will be going nationwide next week.
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NewsCreams: ‘There will be casualties, but we don’t intend to be one’
Having seen record delivery numbers in the last two weeks despite only operating out of less than half of its estate, Creams will not be an industry casualty, Elton Gray, Creams commercial and operations director, has told MCA.
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NewsWimpy adds delivery and takeaway sites
Wimpy opened a brand new site in Orpington over the Easter weekend, with half of its 68-strong estate now offering home delivery or takeaway during lockdown.